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- 1793 - 1835 (Creation)
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monograph; written by R.K. Greville
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Biographical history
Scottish botanist and plant collector, brother of James Drummond. Took over George Don's nursery after his death.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Kaye Greville was an English botanist, mycologist and bryologist. He was also an excellent illustrator.
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Catalogue of Thomas Drummond’s first parcel from St. Louis, the Alleganies and New Orleans in 1832 (hand written by R.K. Greville)
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Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
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Permission required from RBGE.
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- English
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 16
Drummond, Thomas (d.1835)
by Benjamin Daydon Jackson
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Drummond,_Thomas_%28d.1835%29_%28DNB00%29